definitions

cookbook

[ koo k-boo k ]
/ ˈkʊkˌbʊk /

noun

a book containing recipes and instructions for cooking.

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Nearby words

cook, mount, cook, sir joseph, cook-chill, cook-general, cook-off, cookbook, cooke, cooke, alistair, cooke, jay, cooke, terence james, cooker
Also British, cookery book.

Origin of cookbook

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; cook1 + book
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British Dictionary definitions for cookery book

cookery book

cookbook

/ (ˈkʊkˌbʊk) /

noun

a book containing recipes and instructions for cooking
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for cookery book

cookbook

n.

1809, from cook + book (n.). Earlier was cookery book (1630s).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper